Who is Violet Wilson and why does she want money from Sean Tully in Coronation Street?
Sean Tully gets a blast from the past when Violet Wilson texts him and asks why he’s not been paying child support for Dylan. But who is Violet? Here’s everything you need to know...
SEAN Tully gets a blast from the past when Violet Wilson texts him and asks why he’s not been paying child support for Dylan.
But who is Violet? Here’s everything you need to know...
Who is Violet Wilson and why does she want money from Sean Tully in Coronation Street?
Violet Wilson lived on Coronation Street between 2004 and 2008. She was played by actress Jenny Platt.
Violet was good friends with Sean Tully, a former student of Ken Barlow and worked in the Rovers Return as a barmaid.
She was in a relationship with Jason Grimshaw – played by Ryan Thomas – but they split when he cheated on her with Sarah Platt.
After breaking up with Jason, Violet began dating Jamie Baldwin, not realising he was in love with his step-mother Frankie and was having an affair with her.
When Violet discovered she was pregnant with Jamie’s baby and told him, she was horrified when he confessed that he’d been sleeping with Frankie.
On New Year’s Day 2007, Violet suffered an ectopic pregnancy and had emergency surgery to remove the fetus and a fallopian tube.
Following the surgery she was told she now had a reduced chance of conceiving a baby.
She and Sean made a drunken pact that if they were single and childless at 30, they’d have a baby together.
Violet decided she wanted to try for a baby right away due to her reduced fertility. Sean agreed and she got pregnant using a turkey baster.
Shortly after Violet found out she was pregnant and Sean was overjoyed that he was going to be a dad.
His happiness was short-lived though when Violet and Jamie got back together and he started to feel pushed out. He wasn’t imagining it either as Violet had no plans to let Sean be a dad to the baby and told him he was just the sperm donor.
She and Jamie moved to London in 2008 and Violet through her phone away so Sean couldn’t contact them.
Why is he paying child support?
Two years later Sean posed as Liz McDonald on social media and tracked Violet down. Violet confessed to ‘Liz’ that she felt guilty for cutting Sean out and sent some pics of Dylan.
Violet eventually relented and let Sean see Dylan after she and Jamie broke up. She was later injured in a car crash and Sean is asked to look after Dylan.
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Sean and his then boyfriend Marcus Dent took Dylan in and Sean was finally able to bond with his son as they cared for him for several months.
Sean has had regular contact with Dylan since then.
Why isn’t Sean paying child support anymore?
Sean has recently hit some hard times after being kicked out by his friend Fiz Stape.
Unknown to his friends he’s been sleeping in a tent on the Red Rec.